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SAP/SBEM and Planning Applications

SAP/SBEM and Planning Applications I get asked to provide SAP and SBEM calculations to support Planning Applications for local authorities around the country. Where we’re based it’s on the border between Bath & North East Somerset and Wiltshire, with Bristol, … Continue reading

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Four good news climate stories from 2023

Four good news climate stories from 2023 Will de Freitas, The Conversation We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP talks, and even … Continue reading

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How to make your life greener in 2024

j.chizhe/Shutterstock Ian Williams, University of Southampton and Alice Brock, University of Southampton People all around the world traditionally use their new year to embark on a change in lifestyle. The People’s Climate Vote, a UN survey of public opinion on … Continue reading

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Climate summits are too big and key voices are being crowded out – here’s a better solution

Alix Dietzel, University of Bristol and Katharina Richter, University of Bristol Every year, the official UN climate summits are getting bigger. In 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow there were around 40,000 participants, COP27 in 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh had 50,000. … Continue reading

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Five major outcomes from the latest UN climate summit

Mark Maslin, UCL; Priti Parikh, UCL, and Simon Chin-Yee, UCL The latest UN climate summit, COP28, was always going to be controversial. It was held in a state whose economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas – the United … Continue reading

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